Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410343
Acute Pericarditis in Chronic Dialysis Patients in Military Hospital of Morocco: About 8 Cases
Dina Ibrahim Montasser, Younes Skri, Kawtar El Hassani, Abdelali Bahadi, Taoufiq Aatif and Driss El Kabbaj
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: March 31, 2021
Uremic pericarditis was described by R. Bright in 1836, several factors were incriminated in the occurrence of this complication in this population in particular an inadequate kidney substitution treatment. It is a retrospective study of the clinico-biological and ultrasound characteristics as well as predictive factors for surgical drainage of the pericardium, performed on 8 chronic hemodialysis patients followed in our nephrology-dialysis unit. Optimization of quality of dialysis and Drainage ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410342
Recurrent Anal Abscess in a Young Male Patient with Autosomal- Dominant Hyper IgE Syndrome
Federico Lovisetto, Andrea Guala and Zonta Sandro
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: March 31, 2021
Here we present the case of a 17-year-old male patient affected by autosomal-dominant Hyper IgE Syndrome (ADHIES) who underwent to incision and drainage of recurrent anterior anal abscess. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case about recurrent perianal infection in autosomal- dominant Hyper IgE Syndrome. Hyper IgE Syndromes (HIES) are a rare primary immunodeficiencies characterized by elevated serum IgE, with an estimated incidence of 1 in 500000 to 1000000 individuals. The HIES are c...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410341
Immunoglobulin D-Lambda Multiple Myeloma, and a Review of the Literature
Aissam EL MAATAOUI, Salma FARES and Aadil TAOUFIK
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: March 27, 2021
IgD multiple myeloma (MM) is a rare plasma cell neoplasm, considered to have a poor prognosis compared to the other isotypes. Many studies reported an advanced stage at the presentation. In contrast to these studies, we report a case of rare IgD-Lambda MM at the early stage. The laboratory data showed no hypercalcemia, without any renal impairment, or monoclonal spike (M-spike or paraprotein) at the Serum protein electrophoresis (SEP) but only a hypogammaglobulinemia. IF is performed with antise...